Why did JKR not explore H/Hr as canon?

phoenixgod2000 jmrazo at hotmail.com
Thu May 17 05:50:06 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 168858


> Ken:
> 
> And what does this prove? It proves that Ginny is sneakier than 
> anyone suspects. 

In HBP, Draco proved that he was sneaky. Guess what, we still got to
see him being sneaky.  We saw none of that with Ginny.  It was all
just exposition, explaining away what we never saw. That's bad writing.
 
> Ken:
> 
> How much teamwork does it take to play seeker? Virtually none. The
> seeker is pretty much a free agent. Harry almost loses that big 
> match against Slytherin when he decides to do some blocking for the
> team and allows Draco to get a free shot at the snitch. The seeker 
> does his/her job best by ignoring the team and concentrating
> on the other seeker and the snitch.

She was also a pretty dominating Chaser and that does require teamwork.

> Ken:
> 
> You seem to have the impression that Molly is all knowing, all seeing,
> and all powerful. There are a lot of things going on under her nose 
> all the time, she can't be any of those things.

I don't expect that Molly is perfect, but I do expect that she would
lock away the brooms each night magically just so her wild child twins
wouldn't get into them. That should also stop a six year old girl.

The wonder is that Molly has *any* attention to devote
> to her youngest four after she finishes gushing over the oldest 
> three.

The older three should be away at Hogwarts most of the time, leaving
her nothing but time for Ginny, Ron, and the Twins.  
 
> You just don't seem to want to believe Ginny can play Quidditch.

I don't care that Ginny can play Quiddich. I care that the LI for a
character I like is written lamely.

> His very first go on that broom was enough to convince his head of
> house who is reputed to be a knowledgeable Quidditch fan that he
> had the talent. A very minimal practice session with the team captain
> was enough to confirm this.

Harry is a prodigy when it comes to flying. He is also the hero of the
story.  It's okay when he does cool stuff every once in the while
during the story.  Ginny was a nonentity for most of the series only
to burst onto the scene with amazing skills she trained in secretly
off screen who snatches the snitch out from under Cho Chang, an
experienced seeker and wins the cup for the team.

The next year she is playing a different position, is the life and
soul of the team and scores practically at will.  Please.

> Harry goes 0-60 in one second, Ginny
> who has lived in the WW culture her entire life does it in a more 
> plausible 4 seconds. Ginny's prowess is far more likely, far more 
> believable, than Harry's.

Lots of wizards grow up in the wizarding world and can't fly a broom.
There was never any indication of unusual skill on her behalf. She
never plays in Weasley pickup games, expresses interest in the sport
or anything else.

I didn't hate Ginny until the fifth book.  I actually read a lot of
H/G fan fic and enjoyed it. But I just can't swallow her so called
Character development in OOTP and it only got worse in HBP.  

Sorry.

phoenixgod2000






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